| West to Putin: Prove commitment to Ukraine peace Posted: 25 Jun 2014 01:10 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Wednesday renounced the right to send troops into Ukraine and voiced support for a peace plan, but the West said Russia must do much more to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine if it wants to avoid a new, more crippling round of sanctions.
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| States confront worries about fracking, quakes Posted: 25 Jun 2014 12:58 PM PDT  AZLE, Texas (AP) — Earthquakes used to be almost unheard of on the vast stretches of prairie that unfold across Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.
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| Education Dept. removes tweet with movie scene Posted: 25 Jun 2014 12:58 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department on Wednesday apologized for a tweet that depicted a scene from the movie "Bridesmaids" with the words "Help me. I'm poor" imprinted on it as part of an effort to get students to apply for federal aid.
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| Appeals court: States can't ban gay marriage Posted: 25 Jun 2014 11:33 AM PDT  DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that states must allow gay couples to marry, finding the Constitution protects same-sex relationships and putting a remarkable legal winning streak across the country one step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| BRAZIL BEAT: So many Neymars Posted: 25 Jun 2014 11:33 AM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — The name Neymar is not common in Brazil, or at least it wasn't until a few years ago, when the star player began scoring goals as a teenager.
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| Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 13 south of Baghdad Posted: 25 Jun 2014 10:42 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police and hospital officials say a suicide bomber has blown himself up at an outdoor market south of Baghdad, killing 13 people and wounding 25.
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| Dual rulings strike down gay marriage bans in Indiana, Utah Posted: 25 Jun 2014 10:42 AM PDT  (Reuters) - U.S. appeals courts struck down gay marriage bans in Utah and Indiana on Wednesday, saying they violated constitutional rights to equal protection in the latest in a series of court rulings across the nation to allow gay couples to wed. A decade ago no U.S. state let gays marry, but challenges to state bans gathered pace since last June when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down parts of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, ruling that legally married same-sex couples were eligible for federal benefits. "A state may not deny the issuance of a marriage license to two persons, or refuse to recognize their marriage, based solely upon the sex of the persons in the marriage union," the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling on Utah. Conservative and heavily Mormon, Utah became the 18th U.S. state where marriage rights were extended to same-sex couples when a federal district judge ruled in December 2013 that a state ban on gay matrimony was unconstitutional.
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| Federal appeals court: Utah can't ban gay marriage Posted: 25 Jun 2014 10:11 AM PDT  DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled for the first time that states must allow gay couples to marry, finding the Constitution protects same-sex relationships and putting a remarkable legal winning streak across the country one step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| Justices: 'Get a warrant' to search cellphones Posted: 25 Jun 2014 09:18 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a strong defense of digital age privacy, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police may not generally search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants.
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| Iraqi PM rejects calls to form unity government Posted: 25 Jun 2014 09:18 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — A defiant Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday rejected calls for an interim "national salvation government" in his first public statement since President Barack Obama challenged him last week to create a more inclusive leadership or risk a sectarian civil war.
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| Justices rule for broadcasters in fight with Aereo Posted: 25 Jun 2014 09:18 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a startup Internet company has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programs from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other portable devices.
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| Central perk: Chinese tycoon to buy lunch for NYC homeless Posted: 25 Jun 2014 06:34 AM PDT  A Chinese tycoon is set to feed hundreds of homeless New Yorkers some fancy food — in Central Park. The Wednesday lunch for 250 residents of a Manhattan shelter will be served at the Boathouse restaurant. ...
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| Cousteau nears end of underwater living experiment Posted: 25 Jun 2014 06:07 AM PDT  AQUARIUS REEF BASE, Fla. (AP) — Fabien Cousteau has a week left in his 31-day underwater living experiment in the Florida Keys, and he's not exactly eager to return to the surface.
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| Beyond cure? Europe euthanasia rulings sear debate Posted: 25 Jun 2014 06:07 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — A French doctor was acquitted Wednesday of poisoning charges after giving lethal injections to seven terminally ill patients, and Britain's Supreme Court said an assisted-suicide ban is incompatible with human rights, fueling the arguments of those who say the duty of doctors is to end the suffering of those beyond treatment.
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| 9/11 museum counts 300K visitors since May opening Posted: 25 Jun 2014 06:07 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Over 300,000 people have visited the Sept. 11 museum since it opened little more than a month ago, exceeding expectations, officials said this week.
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| Oldman apologizes for defending Gibson and Baldwin Posted: 25 Jun 2014 06:07 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Oldman has apologized for defending fellow actors Mel Gibson and Alec Baldwin from critics of their controversial remarks about Jews and gays.
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| Russia annuls sanction for use of force in Ukraine Posted: 25 Jun 2014 06:07 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — On Russian President Vladimir Putin's demand, the upper house of Russian parliament on Wednesday canceled a resolution allowing the use of military in Ukraine, a move intended to show Moscow's eagerness to de-escalate tensions and avoid a new round of Western sanctions.
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| Iraqi PM calls on Iraqi politicians to unite Posted: 25 Jun 2014 06:07 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister has called on his nation's political blocs to close ranks in the face of Sunni militants but gave no concrete promise of greater political inclusiveness for minority Sunnis.
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| Ferry survivors return to school amid tears, grief Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:34 PM PDT ANSAN, South Korea (AP) — As parents of the dead wept, more than 70 teenagers who survived a ferry sinking that killed hundreds of their schoolmates walked in a somber procession Wednesday to their first classes since the April disaster. |
| China sends 1st minister-level official to Taiwan Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:03 PM PDT TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent its first ever ministerial-level official to Taiwan for four days of meetings to rebuild ties with the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own, after mass protests in Taipei set back relations earlier this year. |
| Crime, belief they can stay drive migrants to US Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:14 PM PDT  ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) — On the last day of school Gladys Chinoy memorized her mother's phone number in New York City and boarded a bus to Guatemala's northern border.
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| Cochran wins Miss. Runoff, edges tea partyer Posted: 24 Jun 2014 08:41 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkable political turnaround, six-term Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi edged out tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel Tuesday night in a bruising, costly Republican runoff that pitted Washington clout against insistence on conservative purity.
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| Cochran narrowly leads Miss. tea party challenger Posted: 24 Jun 2014 07:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Battling for political survival, six-term Sen. Thad Cochran led tea party favorite Chris McDaniel Tuesday night in a bruising, costly Mississippi primary runoff that exposed deep divisions within the Republican Party. |
| Cochran leads in early Mississippi returns Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Six-term Sen. Thad Cochran grabbed an early lead over tea party favorite Chris McDaniel Tuesday night in a bruising, costly Mississippi primary runoff that exposed deep divisions within the Republican Party. |
| Sudanese police detain Christian-convert woman: lawyer Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:32 PM PDT  A Sudanese Christian-convert who was released from death row on Monday was detained as she and her family sought to fly out of the capital on Tuesday, her lawyer and the U.S. State Department said. Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, was detained with her American husband and their two children as they tried to board a flight at Khartoum airport earlier on Tuesday.
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